Latinopia Word Before the War from Latinopia.com on Vimeo.
The late Jose Montoya is considered the patriarch of Chicano letters. In this rare video appearance, the celebrated poet, artist and civil … [Read more...]

Latinopia Word The Book of Want from Latinopia.com on Vimeo.
Daniel A. Olivas is the author of six books and editor of Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Southern California Literature. At a … [Read more...]

Latinopia Word Alex Espinosa Diego Leon_ from Latinopia.com on Vimeo.
Alex Espinoza is the author of two novels. His fiction and non-fiction work has been published in numerous literary journals. … [Read more...]

Christine Granados is an author who was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. Her writings reflect her experiences growing up along the U.S./Mexico border. Her collection of short stories "Brides and … [Read more...]

Francisco X. Alarcón is a poet, educator and social activist who resides in the San Francisco Bay area. His collection of poems, "Snake Poems" won the 1993 American Book Award. In 2010, in response … [Read more...]

Latinopia Word Trevino Reads Arroyo Grande from Latinopia.com on Vimeo.
Jesús Salvador Treviño is a pioneering Chicano filmmaker, television director and author. He has created the town of Arroyo … [Read more...]

Not only can you, you should go home again. But it will never be the same. That’s part of the take-away from Jésus Salvador Treviño’s stories about raza kids who leave their extraordinary hometown to … [Read more...]

Daniel Acosta is a writer whose short stories have appeared in Nuestro and Lowrider magazines and in Anthologies. Latinopia caught up with Daniel at the 2010 Flor y Canto Literary Festival convened by … [Read more...]

Rudolfo Anaya is the pioneering Chicano author of more than a dozen books including the acclaimed coming of age novel Bless me,Ultima. Latinopia asked Anaya about how he goes about writing and what … [Read more...]

José Montoya is the revered godfather of Chicano poetry and art who passed away on September 25, 2013. A longtime activist and educator, José has influenced generations of Latinos with his insightful … [Read more...]

Ode for José Montoya (9/29/13)
we begin with you
with paints
desert lands of Escabosa New Mexico
trails & morning conversations back in that
time we all do not know that early time
as a … [Read more...]

Rudy Ch. García is a Colorado author whose works range from science fiction and fantasy to the contemporary Chicano reality. In 2012, he published "The Closet of Discarded Dreams" in which the Chicano … [Read more...]

ANNIHILATE.
Genocide is for those who decide
There are too many x’s for eyes
Bloodstains wash away the memory
Bullets bounce from house to house
Visiting unannounced
Reducing the genetic … [Read more...]

Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado (1930 - 2004) is one of the ground-breaking pioneers of Chicano poetry. A social activist as well as an author, he was as comfortable on a picket line or at a political rally … [Read more...]

After leaving the Border Bookstore in Mesilla, New Mexico, the caravan carrying banned books to the children of Tucson heads north to Albuquerque for a meeting with renowned author Rudolfo Anaya. On … [Read more...]

WHITEWASH
During the late 20th Century, the following anonymous graffiti was spray painted across Southern California on surfaces of numerous buildings, sidewalks, freeways, freestanding … [Read more...]

“…y no se lo tragó la tierra”
aka “…And the Earth Did Not Devour Him”
Written by Tomás Rivera
Published by Arte Público Press 1987
First published in 1970 by Quinto Sol
Review and reminiscence … [Read more...]

Diana López is a Texas author whose works include the adult novella, "Sofia's Saints," as well as her middle school books "Confetti Girl, and Choke." In her short story, "Quinceanunca: Never … [Read more...]

Frank Sifuentes (1932-2012) was a pioneering writer, educator, community activist and mentor. He passed away on October 8, 2012. Latinopia documented Frank's reading of his short story, "The Bean … [Read more...]

EL SERENO AND AN OPPORTUNITY
When I was seventeen my mom got a job working as a cashier at the Home Depot in Alhambra. It was quite a drive for her each morning and she often complained of the … [Read more...]

When my wife Gilda suggested a drive to the Esperanza Vineyard in Sherman, New Mexico, just East of Silver City, New Mexico, I readily agreed. It was a perfect sunny day for such a drive and visit. We had met David and Esperanza Gurulé some time before when they were first starting the Winery. Recently, […]

“Outside Robledo Family Winery, south of Sonoma, on a cool April Sunday, the U.S. and Mexican flags whipped up a stiff salute in the wind blowing off the San Pablo Bay. A third banner bore the winery logo. The flags represent three themes central to the lives of Reynaldo Robledo and many other Mexican migrants […]

Bienvenido to another issue of La Voz Newspaper. Here is what’s on my mind. First, it’s hot outside. Casi no salgo en el dia por el calor. In the summers I turn into a night person. Bueno, so much for the weather. Cambiando de tema Someone asked me the other day why I don’t have […]

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Angela Roa is a Chilean singer and lyricist residing in Los Angeles, California. Her songs are about the Latino experience in the United States and in Latin America. Here she performs an original song, “Toco Desafinado” (Out of Tune). She is accompanied by Fernando Losada, Rich Silva and Thiago Winterstein..

Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Drawing from museums and collectors around the United States, in April 2014, the El Paso Museum of Art mounted a retrospective of Gaspar’s art titled Metaphors of the Barrio. Latinopia visited the exhibit and asked Gaspar what inspires […]

The effort to organize farm workers under a union contract has been a long and difficult struggle. In 1965, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta created what would become the United Farm Workers Union. From the onset they faced many obstacles, not the least of which was how to get dozens of California grape growers to […]